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Crew:
Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: Belladonna Productions
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: Belladonna Productions
A sex-addicted French financier, a fateful hotel room encounter, and a scandal that would rock the world: the mighty Gérard Depardieu gives a fearless performance in this ripped-from-the-headlines saga of sin and sleaze, inspired by one of the most high-profile public implosions in recent memory, Welcome to New York follows a prominent international banker (Depardieu) as he spirals out of control during a drug and sex-fueled trip to America—culminating in a shocking incident involving a hotel maid and his subsequent arrest. Jacqueline Bisset co-stars in this provocative portrait of a man whose fall from grace sent shockwaves throughout the world.
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Cast:
Gérard Depardieu, Jacqueline Bisset, Marie Mouté -
Original Title:
Welcome to New York -
Country:
United States of America, France -
Year:
2014 - 125'
Crew:
Director: Abel Ferrara
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: Belladonna Productions
Screenplay: Abel Ferrara, Chris Zois
DOP: Ken Kelsch
Production: Belladonna Productions
Director
Abel Ferrara

Born in New York in 1951, Abel Ferrara is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content of his films, his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. He maintains a cult reputation that allows him to navigate between large-budget features and decadent B-movie-style tales. A long-time independent filmmaker, his best-known films include Ms .45 (1981), King of New York (1990), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Funeral (1996) and Pasolini (2014). Abel Ferrara has been a guest of LEFFEST several times, and his work was screened in a Retrospective at LEFFEST’ 17. He returns this year to the festival to present his new film Padre Pio.